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Exactly what everyone seems to say now, back in the day with John it was the place to go now it’s waste of time.

Use Advanced factors a lot, Island 4x4 mostly for general parts and suspension and brakes etc, decent range and prices never had issues with either of them two. Recently been using LR parts.net, again choice of cheap and cheerful, britpart etc or OEM or genuine, delivery is day or two, based on...

On my l322 iv used hot Waxoyl sprayed over them as a top up cans of chain wax, it’s full of anti corrosives and being a grease helps stop squeeze from suspension etc, whenever I’m doing a job under or with a wheel off last bit is a quick brush and spray just to keep the rust off. If using...

ordered set of front suspension arms, with the intention of changing them today, ended up just doing the curved, rear lower front arm, as the bush had gone so wheel could wobble from side to side, absolutely pain, only just enough room to remove bolt due to body of car, but did come undone east...

Sure the 4.2 doesn’t have a fuel filter. Iv tried and can’t find any part for it. I did read it’s just a fine mesh over the pump/ sender unit in the tank, a case of leave it then change of it fails.

Had a mk4 mondeo estate and that was huge in the back, then got a v70, 09 plate so built on a similar platform and surprisingly a lot smaller, windows bigger so less height to below load cover and boot didn’t open as high so if you didn’t think you would take a chunk of your head out on the...

Looks well 👍

One of my customers said “why do you use a RR why not a estate” my reply was “I need a RR to drive on our local roads, and if a wheel enters a pothole, need 4 wheel drive to get out of it” 🤣.

Rear hub bushes arnt bad, get a push pull tool, one with the tubes etc and selection of threaded bar, I borrowed one from mechanic and did both over a weekend, both sides upper and lower, could have cracked on and done all in 1 day. With that tool there really not hard.

Supercharger pulley?

Can’t say iv noticed, may give that a try, definitely behaves differently to the gm5 speed in the td6s, same zf6 as in my old x5 but does have different programming as it drives different. Mechanic who’s just done my tyres said how nice them engines sound even just Sat idling. Spoke to him...

Agree about its gears, when cruising and floor it kick down couple of gears and off it goes, although mine has a bad wobble about 80mph, rear lower arm on nearside front has a split bush stuck wheel wobbles about a bit, going to get a set of arms for about £150 and refresh all front end.

Hose under the V seems common leak point weep point especially warm climates, silly idea using rubber in hottest part of engine. Normally would chance it but can’t risk a leak there say on motorway with family in car, no RAC man would be able to bodge that to get it moving again.

The one on this 4.2sc looks to be a metal housing and traditional thermostat, oddly when you buy even a genuine stat it arrives in bits, IKEA version of a traditional stat, every one iv had has always been pre built. No idea about solenoids but it behaves like every dodgy stat iv ever had...

Lovely machine. Must admit my 4.2 definitely thirsty but amazing cruiser. Got mine booked in for new thermostat as it over cools and new rubber hose that runs in the V below supercharger. Not leaking but can garantee it would when on motorway or something with family in car, don’t fancy being at...

Don’t know about sticky, but when I had a Volvo V70 2.0d (Ford engine) exhaust always had some black residue, even with dpf (145,000 miles) and was always wet, not sticky as such but sort of soot and condensation, always run fine though, take it for a blast, get everything hot see how it goes after.

Petrol or diesel?

Is there any decent auto transmission place near you? The one I use are very good just to phone up and speak to, and will allow time for you to drive up let them have a test drive in it and tell you what they think is wrong, without charge. Sometimes worth phoning a place like that see their...

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Flat bar with couple of small machine screws set at the correct space has done it for my before when I lost my disc spanner. Just do them hand tight now, never come loose yet.